Improved trace-hook and clip for harness



N.PETERS. PHOTKLLITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON D C Caitnitmi tat@ @tutti @Miti-iw,

WILLIAM H. MORGAN, or ALLIANCE., onto-Assieme To '.HIMSELF AND RICHARD B. GEYER, orv -ALLEGHENIL PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent N .1107 ,086, dated September G, 187.0.

IMPRovED TRACE-Hoor: AND CLIP PoR HARNESS,

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same'.-

To all whom it may concern:

B'e it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORGAN, of' Alliance, in the county ot' Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Haine-Clip; and 1 do hereby declare that the t'ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, ref'- erence heilig had tothe accompanying drawing and t0 letters ot reference marked thereon.

The nature oi' my invention consists in a new article of manufacture, viz., it haine-clip, constructed as hereinafter described.

` To enable others skilled iu the art to marie and use my newl article of lnamlticture, I will proceed to de-` scribe more fully its construction.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of my specification- Figure l is a sido view ot' my new article of |"nanu facture, representing the dorctail portion ot' the clip orhook, broken away for the purpose of showing the dovetail recess for the dovetail of the clip orhook.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section ol' the haine-clip and trace-hook, when cutthrough at liuc 1/ ot' tigs. l and 4.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the haine-clip prior to closing the-dovetail portion of the clip or hook into its dovetail recess. Y

Figure 4 is a side yiew of the haine-clip, with the doretail portion ofthe clip or hook forced into its recess. I

1n the accompanying drawing- A represents the clip or hook, and

B, the dovetail portion ot' it.

C represents the recess for the dovetail B.

1) represents a shield or guard, which is used for protecting the end and a portion of the edge ot' the harness-trace.

x are braces for- Ythe shield or guard D.

The. tongue c ot'the haine-clip is provided with projections h, which answer the purpose of rivets.

f and g are openings which are used torA the purpose of' allowing the llame-clip to he sewed iu betweenthe two strips of leather which forms the haine or harnesstrace.

. The projections or rivets h are also used for securing the haine-clip in and to the haine or harness-trace,

by the riveting process, which is well understood hy harness-makers.

The hereinbef'ore described haine-clip is cast otlmalleable iron, (cast-iron annealed,) and itinay bev enameled, t-inued, or plated, for the purpose of giving it a tine liuish. 4

When the llame-clip is used for a trace-hook, it is iu the form shown in figs. 2 and 3; but when it is f used as a haine clip, the hook is hooked inthe ring or link on the haines, and the dovetail B is forced 4withl .and advantages of my new article of manufacture,

What I claim as otl my invention is v lhe haine-clip, consisting of hook A, provided with a dovetail, B, recess G, shield D, tongue e, openings fand g, the whole being constructed and arranged as herein described, and-for the purpose set forth. 'I W. H. bMORGAN.

Witnesses:

J AMES J. J oHNstroN, A. C. JOHNSTON. 

